Younes Abouyaaqoub

Younes Abouyaaqoub (1 January 1995-) was a Moroccan Islamic State sympathizer who was the van driver during the 2017 Barcelona attack.

Biography
Younes Abouyaaqoub was born in M'rirt, Morocco on 1 January 1995, the brother of El Houssaine Abouyaaqoub. The family moved to Ripoll, Catalonia, Spain, where the two brothers became members of an Islamic State cell; they were brainwashed by the imam Abdelbaki Es Satty, according to their mother. On 18 August 2017, Abouyaaqoub drove a van into crowds of tourists on La Rambla in Barcelona, killing 14 people and injuring over 100. He managed to escape, and he was subjected to a major manhunt, with authorities believing that he was in Girona.